Folding cot



-(No Model.)

A. J. YOUNG. FOLDING GOT.

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, I Ely 6h ZSAHQPIJQJS 6 ANDREW B.GRANAM,PHOTO-LITHQWASNINiILII l IUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREl/V J. YOUNG, OF KENESAW', NEBRASKA.

FOLDING COT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,960, dated May 26,1896.

Application filed December 20, 1895. Serial No. 572,771. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenesaw, in the county of Adams and State of Nebraska, haveinvented a new and useful Folding Cot, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in folding cots, and has forits object to provide a simple, convenient, and efficient constructionof double cot or one adapted to the use of two persons, the saidcotbeing capable of being folded compactly into the space ordinarilyrequired for a single cot.

A further object of the invention is to construct such cot in a mannerthat will prevent the two occupants from rolling together andencroaching upon each others space, and to so construct and arrange thelegs or supports of the cot as to limit the opening or unfolding of thesame preparatory to use, and obviate strain upon the canvas or othermaterial with which the cot-frame is covered.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features and detailsof construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the drawings, and finally pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of theimproved double cot with the textile covering partly broken away to showthe construction of the cot frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical transversesection through the folded cot. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the side rails ofthe improved cotframe, each of which is provided at its extremities withinwardly and downwardly inclining legs or supports 2, the said legsbeing connected to the rails 1 by a mortised joint and through-bolt orrivet 3, or in any convenient manner. The legs 2 converge downwardly toa common point at each end of the cot, and are connected firmly togetherby means of a hinge 4:.

5 designates a medial rail, which, when the cot is opened, occupies acentral position and extends longitudinally of the cot and lies in theproximal horizontal plane of the side rails 1. This middle rail is alsoprovided at its extremities with legs or supports 5, located within thelegs 2 of one of the side rails and pivotally connected therewith atpoints intermediate the ends of both pairs of legs 2 and 5 by means ofbolts or other suitable pivoting devices, as shown at 6.

7 indicates a pair of metal corner-braces connecting the middle rail 4Eand its legs 5 and serving to impart rigidity to the cotframe. A pair ofauxiliary legs or supports 8 are hingedly connected at their upper endsto the central frame comprised by the middle rail 4 and legs 5 in suchmanner that the upper ends of said legs 8 abut against the end portionsof the middle rail, thereby acting as stops for preventing the furtherspreading of the legs. The auxiliary legs 8 are pivotally connectedintermediate their ends to the legs 2 at points intermediate the ends ofthe latter. The legs or supports 5 and 8 are located in the sametransverse planes and at a less distance apart than the legs or supports2, so that they may readily fold together within the same in the mannerclearly illustrated in the drawings. The legs or supports 5* of themiddle rail are also made sufficiently shorter than the outside legs 2to allow the middle rail to fold within or beneath the side rail 1 whenthe cot-frame is folded, and the auxiliary legs 8 correspond in lengthto those 5. It will thus be seen that three separate and independentframes are formed, two of which comprise the two side rails and theirlegs, and the third the middle rail and its legs, and that these framesare capable of being folded within each other, so that the cot-frame asa Whole may be closed compactly for the purposes of economizing space,storage, or transportation. A covering of canvas or any suitable textilematerial 9 is tacked or secured in any convenient manner at its oppositeside edges to the side rails l and at its centralportion to the medialrail 4:.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that a very simpleand desirable double cot is obtained, in which, by reason of thepresence of the central rail, it will be impossible for the twooccupants thereof to roll together and interfere with each others rest;also that by reason of the butt-joint between ICO Having thus describedthe inventionnvhat is claimed as new is 1. A folding cot, comprising theside rails and an intermediate rail all arranged in approximatelythesame horizontal plane and each provided at its ends with legs rigidlyconnected thereto and extending substantially at right angles, the legsof each rail crossing those of the adjacent rail and being connectedpivotally thereto, the legs of the side rails being pivotally connectedto each other at their bottom ends, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described double cot, com.- prising a pair of U-shaped orthree -sided frames having their leg portions hinged together at thebottom, a supplemental frame of similar constructionhavingits legportions pivotally connected to the legs of one of the aforesaid frames,and a pair of auxiliary legs having a hinged connection with thesupplemental frame and adapted to abut against the same for limiting theopening or unfolding of the cot-frame, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW J. YOUNG. Witnesses:

B. YoUNo, E. B. Moonn.

